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Alex Stanbridge

3×3 · top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017STAN01

Alex Stanbridge has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.97, set at Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,573rd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2017, he has put 43 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.67 in January 2017 to 7.97, an 80% improvement. Alex has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time
7.97
signature single · Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023
43
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.979.66
top 2.7%1,573 / 59,724
2×22.935.51
top 13.4%5,283 / 40,951

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

AZCubing Winter 2017: 39.67AZCubing Spring 2017: 19.48AZCubing Summer 2017: 13.30Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023: 7.977.9739.6714 Jan 201715 Jul 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

  • Ivan Vanek — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Caleb Hoffman — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Dan Tran — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.